School of the Arts and Architecture

Department of Music

AUDITION REQUIREMENT

VIOLIN

Undergraduate Applicants:

* String Auditions.

At your audition, all works that have a piano or orchestra part should be played with piano. Hearing how you play with a piano is one of the skills faculty will be evaluating.  We will provide a pianist, but of course you are welcome (and even encouraged) to come with your own pianist.  Whether or not you come with your own pianist, please BE SURE TO BRING ALL PIANO PARTS WITH YOU!  Rehearsal time with our staff pianists is very limited, but we will try to be as helpful as we can. Try to come early enough to take advantage of any rehearsal time that may be possible.

I. Requirements for students specializing in Performance

All selections are to be played from memory.

· Applicant’s choice of one 3-octave major or minor scale

with arpeggios, to be played at several different speeds.

· One etude by Kreutzer, Rode or Fiorillo, or a more difficult

etude at discretion of the applicant.

· Two contrasting movements from any of the solo sonatas and partitas of JS Bach.

· A first movement, or two contrasting movements, from a

concerto by Mozart, Kabalevsky, Bruch, Mendelssohn,

Wieniawski, or a more difficult concerto at the discretion of the

applicant.

II. Requirements for students specializing in Music Education

Applicants may choose to play with or without music.

· Applicant’s choice of one 3-octave major or minor scale.

· One etude of the applicant choice.

· One movement from a concerto by Bach, Viotti, Haydn, or

Mozart, or a more difficult concerto at the discretion of the

applicant.

MM and DMA:

Unless the program is specified below, you should prepare a full recital, demonstrating your familiarity with a variety of musical styles and periods, including the 20th Century. You should prepare complete works, unless otherwise noted. Sight reading on the level of standard orchestral excepts or recital repertoire for your instrument may be required. Your choice of repertoire must be submitted at least one week in advance of the audition.

NOTE: All works, except for Sonatas with Piano, must be presented from memory.

Repertoire:

1) Approximately 60 minutes of recital repertoire, demonstrating your abilities in several style periods. This should include one virtuoso piece and at least two contrasting movements from a Bach unaccompanied Sonata or Partita.

2) A complete concerto, chosen from the following list : Bartok Concerto #2 , Beethoven Concerto, Brahms Concerto, Mendelssohn Concerto, Paganini Concerto #1, Prokofiev Concerto #1 or #2, Sibelius Concerto, Tchaikowsky Concerto. If you wish to play a concerto that is not on this list, the request should be submitted at least 30 days prior to the audition.